WATERBEDS AND BABIES DON`T MIX

Knight-Ridder Tribune NewsCHICAGO TRIBUNE

Parents beware: In just five minutes a waterbed can become a deathtrap for an infant.

A baby placed on its abdomen on a waterbed can sink into the billowing surface and be unable to move its head from side to side to breathe, warns Frank H. Kern, assistant professor of anesthesia at Boston Children`s Hospital.

Within minutes, the lack of oxygen can cause neurological damage, Kern cautions parents in an article appearing in Working Mother magazine.